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some powerful stuff as martin savidge reports. he joins us now. martin? >> reporter: it was a day of significant surprises again. and one of the questions that had been asked really to the defense team was were they going to call tracy martin, trayvon's father? because if you'll remember, it had been reported that tracy martin when he had heard the 911 calls with those terrible screams, he had told authorities that he did not hear his son. in fact, they brought two testimonials that were brought on by the investigators who side that's in fact what he told us, that we played it and he said he didn't hear his son. then tracy martin comes to the stand called by the defense. it was another remarkable moment, the father of trayvon martin taking the stand, questioned by the attorney defending the killer of his son. earlier two police investigators testified that just days after the shooting, they played tracy martin the 911 call containing screams and a gunshot from that night. both said tracy martin unequivocally told them it was not trayvon they heard screami
some powerful stuff as martin savidge reports. he joins us now. martin? >> reporter: it was a day of significant surprises again. and one of the questions that had been asked really to the defense team was were they going to call tracy martin, trayvon's father? because if you'll remember, it had been reported that tracy martin when he had heard the 911 calls with those terrible screams, he had told authorities that he did not hear his son. in fact, they brought two testimonials that were...
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also, more on mark o'mara and martin savidge, and more reaction from the legal team from the martin family, daryl parks. all starting a test test test test. >>> human power helicopter competition sought a team that can build a human powered craft that can hoover off the ground for ten feet in a minute. harder than it sounds people. it's been 33 years it's gone unclaimed. only claimed yesterday. a team from the university of toronto launched the atlus helicopter in june. look how it got in the air. the guy bikes, peddles, able to stay in the air for 64 seconds, more than a minute. look at that. incredible. a record that just got certified by the judges. the students say they will use the quarter million dollars to continue to push the limits. i remember climbing a tree and launching out in flight, i was certain it would work and flapped my arms and i still remember how that landing felt physically and emotionally. in a time when we hear about problems with airplanes, it's so wonderful to hear about an accomplishment like this especially by people who want to continue to fly even higher, pro
also, more on mark o'mara and martin savidge, and more reaction from the legal team from the martin family, daryl parks. all starting a test test test test. >>> human power helicopter competition sought a team that can build a human powered craft that can hoover off the ground for ten feet in a minute. harder than it sounds people. it's been 33 years it's gone unclaimed. only claimed yesterday. a team from the university of toronto launched the atlus helicopter in june. look how it got...
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thanks so much, martin savidge in sanford. >> stay with us. at the top of the hour, all the latest details about the san francisco crash under way. >>> plus, amazing stories of survival from passengers who got out alive. >>> hello again, everyone. i'm fredericka whitfield. these stories are topping the "newsroom." investigators in san francisco trying to figure out why a plane crash landed 24 hours ago. we have a couple big clues, the flight recorders from the wreckage. we're live from san francisco next. >>> the george zimmerman murder trial is set to
thanks so much, martin savidge in sanford. >> stay with us. at the top of the hour, all the latest details about the san francisco crash under way. >>> plus, amazing stories of survival from passengers who got out alive. >>> hello again, everyone. i'm fredericka whitfield. these stories are topping the "newsroom." investigators in san francisco trying to figure out why a plane crash landed 24 hours ago. we have a couple big clues, the flight recorders from the...
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here is martin savidge. >> reporter: unlike his profanity laced opening, it was more rev rant tones like a ulogy. >> a teenager is dead, through no fault of his own. he is dead because another man made assumptions. >> reporter: prosecutor emphasized the claim that george zimmerman actively profiled trayvon martin. >> he profiled him as a criminal. he assumed certain things, that trayvon martin was up to no good, and that is what led to his death. >> reporter: the state contends zimmerman is a want to be cop and self-appointed neighborhood watch captain who grew frustrated by criminals who always manage to get away. >> because the defendant knew. >> reporter: his narrative pause once for a recess and interrupted at another point for an objection. mark o'mara said the state was wrongfully interpreting the law. it state often returned to it's tactic of using zimmerman's words against him. >> he does not want to admit at all that he is following him or chasing him or profiling him. >> reporter: while the jury sat impasse sievely for much of the delivery, zimmerman's parents in court for the
here is martin savidge. >> reporter: unlike his profanity laced opening, it was more rev rant tones like a ulogy. >> a teenager is dead, through no fault of his own. he is dead because another man made assumptions. >> reporter: prosecutor emphasized the claim that george zimmerman actively profiled trayvon martin. >> he profiled him as a criminal. he assumed certain things, that trayvon martin was up to no good, and that is what led to his death. >> reporter: the...
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first, martin savidge gets up to date. >> reporter: dr. vincent demayo said the bullet hole in trayvon martin's clothing and body proved a key point, that it was martin who was on top of george zimmerman as they struggled. demayo, a gunshot expert, said he could tell it was martin on top of zimmerman because even though zimmerman's gun was touching martin's hoody, the hoody was not touching martin's skin. >> we know the clothing was two to four inches away is consistent with somebody leaning over the person doing the shooting, and that the clothing is two to four inches away. from the person firing. >> reporter: he also countered the medical examiner's testimony for the prosecution who said martin could have survived and suffered up to ten minutes. >> he's going to be dead within one to three minutes after being shot in this case. >> reporter: finally, he testified that zimmerman's injuries fit his account, saying his review of photographs taken that night indicated zimmerman's head suffered at least six impacts. >> is this injury consiste
first, martin savidge gets up to date. >> reporter: dr. vincent demayo said the bullet hole in trayvon martin's clothing and body proved a key point, that it was martin who was on top of george zimmerman as they struggled. demayo, a gunshot expert, said he could tell it was martin on top of zimmerman because even though zimmerman's gun was touching martin's hoody, the hoody was not touching martin's skin. >> we know the clothing was two to four inches away is consistent with...
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here is martin savidge. >> reporter: unlike his profanity laced opening, it was more rev rant tones like a ulogy. >> a teenager is dead, through no fault of his own. he is dead because another man made assumptions. >> reporter: prosecutor emphasized the claim that george zimmerman actively profiled trayvon martin. >> he profiled him as a criminal. he assumed certain things, that trayvon martin was up to no good, and that is what led to his death. >> reporter: the state contends zimmerman is a want to be cop and self-appointed neighborhood watch captain who grew frustrated by criminals who always manage to get away. >> because the defendant knew. >> reporter: his narrative pause once for a recess and interrupted at another point for an objection. mark o'mara said the state was wrongfully interpreting the law. it state often returned to it's tactic of using zimmerman's words against him. >> he does not want to admit at all that he is following him or chasing him or profiling him. >> reporter: while the jury sat impasse sievely for much of the delivery, zimmerman's parents in court for the
here is martin savidge. >> reporter: unlike his profanity laced opening, it was more rev rant tones like a ulogy. >> a teenager is dead, through no fault of his own. he is dead because another man made assumptions. >> reporter: prosecutor emphasized the claim that george zimmerman actively profiled trayvon martin. >> he profiled him as a criminal. he assumed certain things, that trayvon martin was up to no good, and that is what led to his death. >> reporter: the...
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martin savidge, cnn, sanford, florida. >> that may depend on how the judge rules tomorrow morning. let's bring back in our panel. jeff, just -- we talked about this in the 8:00 hour. that last witness that martin savidge talked about that the defense brought in by video, the neighbor that testified that was george zimmerman's voice, does that have much credibility? how many neighbors know what you sound like when you're screaming? >> no, i can't imagine that will have any significant impact on the jury. but boy, that expert who testified that trayvon martin was on top, that's a powerful witness. and at this point, i think it's going to be hard for the prosecution to argue that any way that george zimmerman was on top. there's really almost no argument left. and you saw that in the cross-examination that basically they were saying even if he's on top, he might still be -- zimmerman might have thrown the first punch. but i think the defense has really proved that trayvon martin was on top here. i think it's almost settled. >> and the interesting thing about that is look at what the p
martin savidge, cnn, sanford, florida. >> that may depend on how the judge rules tomorrow morning. let's bring back in our panel. jeff, just -- we talked about this in the 8:00 hour. that last witness that martin savidge talked about that the defense brought in by video, the neighbor that testified that was george zimmerman's voice, does that have much credibility? how many neighbors know what you sound like when you're screaming? >> no, i can't imagine that will have any...
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martin savidge's interview with mark o'mara is coming up as well. la's known definitely for its traffic, congestion, for it's smog. but there are a lot of people that do ride the bus. and now that the busses are running on natural gas, they don't throw out as much pollution to the earth. so i feel good. i feel like i'm doing my part to help out the environment. in miami, coca-cola is coming together with latino leaders to support hispanicize, and the adelante movement. teaching tools for...
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here's martin savidge. >> reporter: unlike his opening, the state's closing began with more reverent tones. almost like a eulogy. >> a teenager is dead. he is dead through no fault of his own. he is dead because another man made assumptions. >> reporter: the prosecutor condensed the state's case into two hours, emphasizing its claim that george zimmerman actively profiled trayvon martin. >> he profiled him as a criminal. he assumed certain things. that trayvon martin was up to no good. and that is what led to his death. >> reporter: the state contends zimmerman is a wannabe cop and self-appointed neighborhood watch captain who had grown frustrated by a series of break-ins by criminals who always managed to get away. his narrative paused just once for a recess and interrupted at another point for an objection. the defense attorney mark o'hara said the state was wrongfully interpreting the law. the state often returned to its tactic of using zimmerman's own words against him. >> he does not want to admit at all that he's following him or chasing him or profiling him. >> reporter: while
here's martin savidge. >> reporter: unlike his opening, the state's closing began with more reverent tones. almost like a eulogy. >> a teenager is dead. he is dead through no fault of his own. he is dead because another man made assumptions. >> reporter: the prosecutor condensed the state's case into two hours, emphasizing its claim that george zimmerman actively profiled trayvon martin. >> he profiled him as a criminal. he assumed certain things. that trayvon martin was...
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martin savidge, thanks for all your help. let's bring back our legal experts right now, our cnn legal analyst, sunny hostin, our senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin, and criminal defense attorney paige pate. let me ask you, jeffrey, how stunned would you be if the jury reaches a decision in a few hours? >> not that stunned. remember, this is a sequester jury. they can't go home. this judge has been very aware that these people have been taken away from their homes, and i obviously don't know them personally, but i am sure they want to get this thing over with. so, i do think a relatively quick verdict is more likely than not. >> you think -- which direction do you think they would more likely than not go? >> oh, come on. now you're into my terrible record of predictions. i certainly think a murder charge conviction seems unlikely to me, but i do think a conviction for manslaughter seems entirely possible. >> paige, what do you think? how quickly do you think this jury -- we don't know, we haven't seen mark o'mara's, you know
martin savidge, thanks for all your help. let's bring back our legal experts right now, our cnn legal analyst, sunny hostin, our senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin, and criminal defense attorney paige pate. let me ask you, jeffrey, how stunned would you be if the jury reaches a decision in a few hours? >> not that stunned. remember, this is a sequester jury. they can't go home. this judge has been very aware that these people have been taken away from their homes, and i obviously don't...
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martin savidge is joining us once again. he's been covering this case, sunny hostin and jose baez, the criminal defense attorney in florida as well. martin, there was a lot of confusion, a lot of uncertainty whether judge nelson would allowed trayvon martin's use of marijuana that day to be admitted as evidence. now she says it can be admitted. the defense and the prosecution will go at that presumably tomorrow. give us a little background now. what's at stake here? >> well, there's a lot of stake and there had been a great deal of hearing testimony that had been heard there was ever a jury as to what kind of evidence might be introduced regarding the background and the previous life you could say of 17-year-old trayvon martin. and the judge basically said you couldn't introduce any of that because he's the victim here and you need to stay focused on the va events of that evening. however, remember shiping bao? he said the trace amounts of marijuana found in trayvon's blood stream were insignificant. on the witness stand he
martin savidge is joining us once again. he's been covering this case, sunny hostin and jose baez, the criminal defense attorney in florida as well. martin, there was a lot of confusion, a lot of uncertainty whether judge nelson would allowed trayvon martin's use of marijuana that day to be admitted as evidence. now she says it can be admitted. the defense and the prosecution will go at that presumably tomorrow. give us a little background now. what's at stake here? >> well, there's a lot...
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martin savidge, cnn san ford, florida. >> i want to dig deeper into the day's events with our panel of legal analyst and prosecutor sunny hostin and marsha clark, her latest thriller is called "killer ambition" and danny and mark cgaragos and lawrence here in manhattan. first of all, the neighbor that testified, do you think anybody buys that? if some neighbor of mine testified about what my voice sounds like when i'm screaming, how would a neighbor know this? >> you know, there's a more scenical view as to why they play that neighbor's video in court today and i won't inflame an antiinflammatory situation. nobody is saying this is scenical or ultimate in terms of piece of evidence they put on. i have to say that i'm a little scenical about this. >> sunny, what about you? how do you think it played in the courtroom? did it make any sense to you? >> not really. i mean, it's sort of the law dim minute in this ca diminishing returns now. zimmerman's mom and uncle say those are his cries. i think that's okay f. you have close friends saying, okay, you know, those were his cries. but now yo
martin savidge, cnn san ford, florida. >> i want to dig deeper into the day's events with our panel of legal analyst and prosecutor sunny hostin and marsha clark, her latest thriller is called "killer ambition" and danny and mark cgaragos and lawrence here in manhattan. first of all, the neighbor that testified, do you think anybody buys that? if some neighbor of mine testified about what my voice sounds like when i'm screaming, how would a neighbor know this? >> you know,...
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martin savidge, cnn, sanford, florida. >> thank you very much, martin. zim don lemon. thank you for watching. make sure gu to cnn.com all night long for the very latest on the crash of flight 214, and, of course, our morning show starts at 4:00 a.m. eastern time with early start and new day at 6:00 a.m. now anthony bordain, spartapart unknown. >>> pefr your has driven men mad for gold, for its magical ancient history. now there's something else drawing outsiders to its hidden mountain valleys. we love the stuff. we obsess about it. gorge on it and fetish on it. i'm talking about chocolate. once a common treat, it's now becoming as nuanced as fine wine, making the pursuit of the raw good stuff all the more difficult. i'm joining
martin savidge, cnn, sanford, florida. >> thank you very much, martin. zim don lemon. thank you for watching. make sure gu to cnn.com all night long for the very latest on the crash of flight 214, and, of course, our morning show starts at 4:00 a.m. eastern time with early start and new day at 6:00 a.m. now anthony bordain, spartapart unknown. >>> pefr your has driven men mad for gold, for its magical ancient history. now there's something else drawing outsiders to its hidden...
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light bring in cnn legal analyst and defense attorney mark dejeane and martin savidge. do you think the defense department will get involved? >> they are not going to touch it. the fbi has been down. they were down in the very beginning. they investigated the police departments and found nothing. we need to be careful for people getting people's hopes up that there is going to be something more from this. i don't see this fitting into any of the civil rights violations as far as, remember, it's still got to be beyond a reasonable doubt. with all the depositions and public statements made by the state attorney as well as counsel for the martin family, i don't see how the government can add anything we haven't already heard that takes it to that level. >> for organizations like the naacp this is all for naught? >> justice has gotten it. you know that's got to take a look at the middle districts and civil rights division. they should absolutely do everything they can to protect civil rights. i think it's going to be an effort in futility. >> i want to switch gears here. pe
light bring in cnn legal analyst and defense attorney mark dejeane and martin savidge. do you think the defense department will get involved? >> they are not going to touch it. the fbi has been down. they were down in the very beginning. they investigated the police departments and found nothing. we need to be careful for people getting people's hopes up that there is going to be something more from this. i don't see this fitting into any of the civil rights violations as far as,...
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cnn's martin savidge sat down with defense attorney mark o'mara for a one-on-one interview. he says this case has been highly political in his view. >> how much of this was politics? >> it's guesswork on my behalf. but if i enter into this formula, an element or ingredient of politics, a lot more makes sense, a lot more about the way the case was handled early on, the way it was turned into a racial event when seemingly and now positively it wasn't, when a special prosecutor is brought in when there doesn't seem to be any reason why norm wolf finginger had perfect opportunity to sit on this case. i deposed three assistants who were busting their butts on this case. when a special prosecutor comes in and waves the grand jury and then files charges that most good legal analystion including alan dershowitz say that's an abomination. you have to wonder if there's not some outside influencing, pressuring decisions. >> it's an incredible indictment of the state of florida to say that justice became secondary to what may have been politics. >> justice is going to come with the acqu
cnn's martin savidge sat down with defense attorney mark o'mara for a one-on-one interview. he says this case has been highly political in his view. >> how much of this was politics? >> it's guesswork on my behalf. but if i enter into this formula, an element or ingredient of politics, a lot more makes sense, a lot more about the way the case was handled early on, the way it was turned into a racial event when seemingly and now positively it wasn't, when a special prosecutor is...
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also joining us, sunny hostin, our cnn legal analyst, former federal prosecutor and cnn's martin savidge. this is obviously very important what the judge, debra nelson, is going to decide. what does it look like to you as a criminal defense attorney? do you think she's going to allow this animation to be shown to the jurors? because if it is, it could be in the words of some analysts out there potentially a bonanza for the defense. >> well, what we're looking at right now it doesn't look very good for the defense at this point. this witness -- now, when it comes to demonstrative evidence, florida law is very liberal when you're looking at opening statements and closing arguments because that's not evidence. but when you're actually trying to introduce something as evidence, evidence is very specific and must be very detailed, especially when you consider the appellate record that must be preserved. so in looking at this, this gentleman is testifying that he's basing a majority of this animation on consultation with the attorneys and not necessarily evidence that's actually been presented
also joining us, sunny hostin, our cnn legal analyst, former federal prosecutor and cnn's martin savidge. this is obviously very important what the judge, debra nelson, is going to decide. what does it look like to you as a criminal defense attorney? do you think she's going to allow this animation to be shown to the jurors? because if it is, it could be in the words of some analysts out there potentially a bonanza for the defense. >> well, what we're looking at right now it doesn't look...
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i want to play more of martin savidge's interview with you with mark owe mare rar. o'mara. >> let's talk about the makeup of the jury. six women. one person of color and five who are mothers, correct? >> yes. interesting because the jury selection process is very intriguing to me. i enjoy the process. >> that the jury you wanted? >> yes. in this way. when we were going through it, i was surprised that the state struck the first black male that she vuk. they struck. i was surprised by that. they seemed to be moving down the path to get a bunch of white women. and i think that's inappropriate. i challenged them on that. the judge said they were removing white women because they were white women. we went to four and then further down the list. so in my perfect jury, i would like more of a demographic switch. maybe more males. but i'm very okay with the six people that we have now, for reasons that we talked about. i think they're very attentive and listening. >> do you think that maybe a man might take the self-defense, hear that differently than five women or six wome
i want to play more of martin savidge's interview with you with mark owe mare rar. o'mara. >> let's talk about the makeup of the jury. six women. one person of color and five who are mothers, correct? >> yes. interesting because the jury selection process is very intriguing to me. i enjoy the process. >> that the jury you wanted? >> yes. in this way. when we were going through it, i was surprised that the state struck the first black male that she vuk. they struck. i was...
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, another demonstration is planned for this afternoon. >> trayvon martin! >> last night, protesters marched down valencia street. organizers say they had been prepared in case of an acquittal and they had made hundreds of picket signs declaring that zimmerman was guilty. >> that's why we're here, to say that trayvon martin deserves justice, not this travesty that happened in florida. >> san francisco police had patrol cars and vans following the demonstrators. officers say the rally was peaceful. today's protest is set for 4:00 this afternoon at market and powell. >> when do want it? >> now! >> demonstrators gathered to protest the verdict. as a precaution, the lapd issued a citywide alert. it extended the shift of officers and police did not respond to low-priority calls. but the demonstration stayed peaceful. >>> new this morning, police are looking for the person who shot and killed a teenager in east san jose. it happened around 1:00 this morning. officers responded to a party and found a 17-year-old boy inside a car with a single gunshot wound. he was
, another demonstration is planned for this afternoon. >> trayvon martin! >> last night, protesters marched down valencia street. organizers say they had been prepared in case of an acquittal and they had made hundreds of picket signs declaring that zimmerman was guilty. >> that's why we're here, to say that trayvon martin deserves justice, not this travesty that happened in florida. >> san francisco police had patrol cars and vans following the demonstrators. officers...